🚨 Manchester United reach agreement with Atalanta to sign Ederson. Price for 26yo midfielder €40.5m fixed + €4.5m of potential bonuses. Personal terms in place on 4+1yr deal. Must still do medical & all parties plan to complete early July @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/OgkmPEYVg7
🚨 Manchester United reach agreement with Atalanta to sign Ederson. Price for 26yo midfielder €40.5m fixed + €4.5m of potential bonuses. Personal terms in place on 4+1yr deal. Must still do medical & all parties plan to complete early July @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/OgkmPEYVg7
Lewis Hall, Mateus Fernandes, Alex Scott.
If Manchester United were to sign three players aged 23 & under this summer, I certainly wouldn't be mad if they were it. Huge upside potential & Premier League proven talent is tantalising.
This transfer window will be so much fun.
The king of PSG’s midfield. The only one of PSG’s starting midfield 3 to last 120 minutes. And in extra-time, he was actually PSG’s best attacking threat. Technical feet, physical in duels, legs to get up & down & high level IQ defensive play/passing decisions. João Neves 👏👏👏
They are all aligned, I don't know why people think this is briefed info. There's a whole process internally, months prior to when it gets leaked to the media that we are targeting a player, which include countless recruitment meetings alongside the data team.
Does Wilcox like Éderson - 100% for sure and I know this is as a fact, but so do Vivell and Sansoni. One figure could recommend a player but they will only pursue that target if the whole team is aligned.
During the target identification stage, Wilcox is barely involved. Our team of data analysts and scientists build profile of players we are looking at where they'll look at all the metrics and define the tactical need. We will never go for a player solely down to data - there would've been tons of research via video and physical scouting.
There is so much to it not even including the background and then financial checks.
People don’t know how crazy this is, they’re focusing on only the win rate, let me break it down. From 1992 to 2013, there were 21 seasons of football, and he won the league 13 out of 21 that means he lost the league only 8 times out of this he was second 5 times, and 3rd (3) times, he’s never finished outside a top 3 before. Well now we have Man U finishing 15th.
Matches played: 810
Wins: 528
Draws: 168
Losses: 114
Win percentage: 65.2%
Points: 1,752 (at 2.17 points per game)
Forget about the trophies for a minute, Just look at the longevity of excellence. Most managers just have a 3-5 year cycle or seasons they were just good and win the league, and it will be hard to replicate but not Ferguson, He rebuilt title-winning teams multiple times and still stayed ahead of the league.
He won with:
Cantona’s United
Beckham/Keane/Yorke era
Ronaldo/Rooney/Tevez era
then won again in 2013 with a team many people don’t even consider one of United’s best squads, lol he finished 11 points ahead with them
Premier League also changed massively during his reign:
from old-school English football into modern tactical football,
from 42-game seasons to 38-game seasons,
from Blackburn and Newcastle challenges to Wenger’s Arsenal, Mourinho’s Chelsea, then early oil-money City
Yet he remained he won through all of it.
he mastered every layer of football too:
man management
dressing room control
adapting generations
building winning culture
handling pressure
knowing when to rebuild
making average players become great
evolving assistants and systems around him
Fun fact: Manchester United have lost more games since Sir Alex Ferguson retired (143) than they lost during his entire 21-year Premier League era under him (114). 😂
Nah, That man is the Greatest Ever.
A new front 3, Grimsby, Maguire at Anfield, 10 man Everton, a decent keeper at last, Amorim sacked, Carrick as manager, Cunha at Arsenal, Stamford Bridge with 1 CB, Casemiro’s farewell, Kobbie’s exile & return, Bruno PL POTY, 40 games, 3rd.
It’s all over. See you in August reds!
Michael Carrick has came in and over-performed to get us UCL football. There is clear potential with this squad. It's now time to properly invest and back this team.
The recruitment team have been busy planning for months with plans in motion as we speak. All eyes on Ineos now.